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SHORTER HAWKS GAME NOTES Game 3 Saturday, September 21, 2013 SHORTER (0-2, 0-0) at VALDOSTA STATE (1-0, 0-0) 7 P.M SHORTER HAWKS GAME NOTES Game 3 Saturday, September 21, 2013 SHORTER (0-2, 0-0) at VALDOSTA STATE (1-0, 0-0) 7 p.m. • Bazemore-Hyder Stadium • Valdosta, Ga. Shorter University About Today’s Game Hawks • This is the first Gulf South Confer- Head Coach......................................................... Phil Jones HAWKS ON THE AIR ence game of the season for both Radio............................................ WATG 95.7-FM Career Record at Shorter............................ 49-37 (9 years) teams. Shorter’s Hawks (0-2, 0-0) Team Nickname....................................................... .Hawks Internet Webcast............. www.theridge957.com enter the showdown against the Play-by-Play............................................. Jim Bojo Affiliation...................................................NCAA Division II Color Analyst..................................Randy Bowen Conference.........................................................Gulf South defending NCAA Division II national 2013 Record........................................ 0-2 Overall; 0-0 GSC champions having lost their first Base Offense............................................................Option two games of the year, a 23-15 setback at Charleston Southern in the opener Base Defense..............................................................4-2-5 and last Thursday at Barron Stadium against South Atlantic Conference foe 2013 SCHEDULE Mars Hill, 41-30. Valdosta’s Blazers are 1-0 having downed Fort Valley State Date Opponent Location Time/Score 36-21 in the season opener two weeks ago and are coming off a bye week. 9/7 at Charleston Southern Charleston, S.C. L 23-15 9/12 Mars Hill# Rome, Ga. L 41-30 • The clash with Mars Hill, which was the GSC-TV Game of the Week, wound 9/21 at Valdosta State* Valdosta, Ga. 7 p.m. 9/28 West Georgia*% Rome, Ga. 1:30 p.m. up being one of the wildest games ever played by the Hawks. Shorter scored 10/5 North Alabama* Rome, Ga. 1:30 p.m. on the first play from scrimmage - a first - when junior quarterback Eric 10/12 Carson-Newman^ Rome, Ga. 1:30 p.m. Dodson broke free for a 55-yard touchdown, took a 23-14 lead at the half and 10/19 Florida Tech* Melbourne, Fla. 2 p.m. held a 30-20 advantage early in the fourth quarter. But after severe weather 10/24 Delta State*# Rome, Ga. 7:30 p.m. delay halted the game for an hour-and-a-half , Mars Hill seized the momen- 11/2 Clark-Atlanta Atlanta, Ga. 6 p.m. tum by turning a Hawk fumble into a go-ahead TD and mounted a 98-yard 11/9 West Alabama* Livingston, Ala. 7 p.m. scoring drive to seal the decision. 11/14 Point LaGrange, Ga. 7 p.m. 11/23 NCCAA Victory Bowl Rome, Ga. TBA • The start to the season by the Hawks is the third team the program has All times Eastern and subject to change * Gulf South Conference game opened the year with an 0-2 record. Now in its ninth season, Shorter has # GSC-TV Game of the Week never lost its first three games of the year. % Homecoming ^ Alumni Weekend • Following tonight’s game, the Hawks return home to play three straight games at Historic Barron Stadium. Next Saturday, Shorter entertains GSC rival Valdosta State West Georgia, which will be looking for some revenge after the Hawks made Blazers the Wolves their first-ever conference victim last year; on Saturday, Oct. 5 Head Coach...................................................... David Dean against GSC contender North Alabama; and on Saturday, Oct. 12 when South Alma Mater.................................................... Georgia State Atlantic Conference power Carson-Newman visits Rome. Career Record at VSU....................................................55-17 Team Nickname....................................................... Blazers Affiliation................................................... NCAA Division II Spotlight on the Hawks Conference.........................................................Gulf South • SENIOR LB JOSH WHITE: The senior middle linebacker 2013 Record........................................1-0 Overall; 0-0 GSC from Calhoun enters tonight’s game supporting the 2013 SCHEDULE Hawks’ defense with 8 solo tackles, 7 assists and 3.5 tack- Date Opponent Location Time/Score les for losses. A starter as a freshman, White overcame an 9/7 Fort Valley State Macon, Ga. W 36-21 injury his sophomore season and finished the 2012 cam- 9/21 Shorter Valdosta, Ga. 7 p.m. paign recording 15 solo hits and 24 assists. He was also 9/28 Angelo State Valdosta, Ga. 7 p.m. named to the GSC’s Fall 2012 Academic Honor Roll. 10/5 Florida Tech Valdosta, Ga. 7 p.m. WHITE 10/12 West Alabama Livingston, Ala. 7 p.m. • SENIOR WR KAREEM HAWKINS: Since transferring to 10/19 West Georgia Carrollton, Ga. 2 p.m. Shorter from West Georgia, the wide receiver from Dalton 10/26 North Alabama Valdosta, Ga. 2 p.m. has emerged as an offensive threat for the Hawks. Last 11/2 Delta State Cleveland, Miss. 5 p.m. year, Hawkins had nine receptions for 213 yards, averaging 11/9 UNC-Pemnroke Valdosta, Ga. 1 p.m. 23.7 yards a catch and scored one touchdown, an 87-yard 11/16 Texas A&M-Kings. Kingsville, Texas 8 p.m. scoring strike from quarterback Eric Dodson against Delta State that set a Shorter record. HAWKINS 2013 SHORTER HAWKS GAME NOTES Page 2 Quick Facts Hawks’ History Timeline GENERAL • May 19, 2004: Shorter president Dr. Ed Schrader announces that football School Name.......................................... Shorter University will be added as an intercollegiate sport. Location....................................................... Rome, Georgia • July 16, 2004: Phil Jones is named Shorter’s first head football coach. Founded ..................................................................... 1873 August 3, 2004: The NAIA-affiliated Mid-South Conference accepts Shorter Enrollment ................................................................ 2,900 • Nickname.................................................................. Hawks as a new member. School Colors.................................... Royal Blue and White • August 9, 2005: Head coach Phil Jones welcomes 125 players as they begin Affiliation............................... NCAA Division II (Provisional) Shorter’s first-ever preseason practices to prepare for the inaugural season. Conference........................................................ Gulf South • September 10, 2005: History is made at Barron Stadium when the Hawks Home Field / Capacity....... Historic Barron Stadium / 5,300 play their inaugural game hosting Webber International, coming up short in a Surface................................................................. Synthetic 16-9 decision. President.............................................. Dr. Donald Dowless • September 24, 2005: The Hawks break into the win column for the first Director of Athletics........................................ Bill Peterson time with a 52-20 victory over Lambuth. Alma Mater.................................... Florida State University • September 2, 2006: A 39-7 win over Brevard gives the Hawks their first Athletics Phone.......................................... (706) 233-7347 season-opening win and sets the stage for what becomes Shorter’s first-ever Athletics Fax............................................... (706) 233-7575 winning season as the team posts a 7-4 overall record and a 4-1 mark in the HEAD COACH Mid-South Conference. Head Coach..........................................................Phil Jones • November 15, 2008: After fighting off conferene foe Bethel 7-0, the Hawks Alma Mater....................................Mercer University, 1968 clinch the Mid-South West Division championship, their first-ever title, secure Record at Shorter..........................................49-37 (9 years) their first NAIA National Playoff berth and finish the season with a record- Collegiate Record..........................................49-37 (9 years) setting 9-3 record. Office Phone................................................(706) 233-7209 • December 17, 2009: Fresh from closing out his career as Shorter’s all-time Email....................................................pjones@shorter.edu leading rusher. fullback A.J. Cooley becomes the Hawks’ first-ever AFCA NAIA All-American. ASSISTANT COACHES September 2, 2010: The Hawks make an appearance in the Georgia Dome in Tim Mathis.........Asst. Head Coach / Offensive Coordinator • Atlanta in Georgia State’s inaugural game in front of more than 30,000 fans. Nathan Burton.....Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Backs Paul Pitts...........Recruiting & Video Coord. / Offensive Line • May 11, 2011: Shorter president Dr. Harold Newman and Athletic Director Shawn Turner........Academic Coordinator / Wide Receivers Bill Peterson announce that the university would submit an application to Zackry Smith..........Equipment Coodinator / Defensive Line become an NCAA Division II member. Garrett Hochstetler.............Dir. of Ops / Inside Linebackers • July 11, 2011: The NCAA accepts Shorter’s application to become an NCAA Daniel Hazard.........................................Graduate Assistant Division II program - playing in the Gulf South Conference - and begin a three- Jamey Rice..............................................Graduate Assistant year transition process. Collin Wooddy........................................Graduate Assistant • November 12, 2011: The Hawks play their final game as an NAIA program Russell Norton........................................Graduate Assistant in the Mid-South Conference falling to Bethel in the season finale,
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